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Same here, I think it's a really easy way to devalue their degree unfortunately. A Bachelor's would be easier to accept, but a Master's? I don't think people a
by wfunction 13y ago
Same here, I think it's a really easy way to devalue their degree unfortunately.
A Bachelor's would be easier to accept, but a Master's? I don't think people are ready for that yet.
- lawnchair_larry 13y ago> Same here, I think it's a really easy way to devalue their degree unfortunately. This only makes sense if you consider degrees to be collector's items. Maybe the problem is not with the degree.
- wfunction 13y agoAre you living in a world where no one cares where you got your degree from?
- rsanders 13y agoI think the Masters degree is an excellent place to start. MOOC-style education requires more of the student than traditional teaching formats. A lot of people don't have the necessary skills leaving high school, but they are likely to have developed them during the course of an undergraduate degree.
- Zombieball 13y ago+1 This mirrors my thoughts exactly.
- peterlongnguyen 13y agoAgreed with rsanders. A bachelors carries a lot of other risks/requirements. It's definitely possible (and already available), but I think a masters in CS is perfect. A masters requires a lot less courses, and you don't have to worry about general education requirements, which often involve a routine amount of writing and open-ended discussion (as opposed to a Q&A basis you'd likely find in STEM classes), or, for example, science courses that may require labs.
- rayiner 13y agoI actually disagree. Masters degrees are much more about just getting the knowledge than are bachelors degrees, which are more about signaling. Lots of very highly-ranked institutions have masters programs that are relatively "easy to get into" (compared to their undergraduate programs). E.g. Columbia, CMU, Penn, LSE, etc.